Crude-oil burner.



J'. C. MCCLURE.

CRUDE OILBURNER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22. 1915.

LSQ. ateneed Nov. 2, 1915.

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l isle@ @is si@ @leisen si is llnied States, residing ai iii Colmi-y ofCome-nahe and Shiite oi! lrleioiios have invented oel-tem f 'usefuliiprovements in Crude Jil geen is; Clo feolai'e the follow i, slee?,erm-ot description 'Ueli ss will enable otlieis wliioi it epperesiiis tomi oie gerizieulei'iy poined out in the esims.

veieeiioes designe@ coi-@Spending ports sewing @Estime-ing s of ellefion, ile mimeirel esigiistes im ilpelemeiit which lee iii 'iii oilsuppl 1 talee es slio'wii in f "wel oi" me? wel?. be en upigh iprovioeil seller meses Wei'e oil to lie upper enel slieeoi .l pressesepplioseieii, the lowes of he elemeiii; "i is sloWii as equippee i.pi'eeried yjpe of seep 2, this seep being heiein shown in. the form of ai-ooupiing imho which en loil supply pipe 3 is tegoed, iliispipebeingled "to any pefei'z'ed form of fuel lasik in is will las ievident tlmeswo of the nipples of shew"- iiiio the loweimost nippletheieof, this waive coupling sie oeeiijeiefl lay elle elemeiis 1 snelpipe E, sse?, by lo Figs. l' and 2, ii; will be seen whose e oui-oslve 5is seppel being useel s purpose so hereiisftee esez'i wel emessi; openmgi loosely eeoiv Specification of Letten; Essent.

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on account oi' the socumulstions of im ing plete 19.

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Serial lo. 16,159.

ing the element l, is the bottom 7 of a ieuse pen 8 iii which ashes oithe like 9 are disposed. The bottom 7 rests di'eotly upon the stop 2whereby it is held against downwor moveleent, this fleeing essentielsince other parts oi the ouvrier are supported by the pen, for whichpurpose said loot'om is shown as provided Wish en upright spacer l inthe 'oim off ssleeve formeel integrally therewith and looselysurrounding elle element l. iesng' upon this spacer l0', is the lowemostand largest oil :ml flame spreading pleite il of e ro of such plates,this plate 1l es Well as the intermediate pleine l2 being in ghe form offist olisks, While "the 'uppermost plate 13 is conical. .All the pistesl1, l2 and 18 are provifle with cenrel openings closely reeeivng theelement l, the plete l2 is spaced from the ,ple-ee ll bye spacing-sleeve M: loosely surrounding sii-iol element l, sind the uppermost andsmallest plete i3 is spaced fiom. lie intei'meiete plete 12 by s thirdspaoing sleeve "l5 which likewise loosely surrounds elle element l. itis to be observed that the upper end of the sfoieseid supporting elementl is frees fromy progieoions, thus allowing any one of the oil end llamespi'eeoling plates snol elle spacing sleeves so be quickly snol easilyremoveel., Wise loe obseive time elle entire refuse pan 8 may loe soremoved if desired, These feeeures me very importent, since devices ofthis class siieriiig Crude oil often need olean- 'amount of esl'i sii*will hinder the looming' thereof. The Valve 3 in the fuel eiveo ing pipe3 is ellen opened; thus allowing elle crude oil to be discharge-fl fromtide top of the elemeiie upon the uppermos spread- From this pisse i3the yoil mins downwardly upon the intermedieie lower plates l2 and l1respfectively, and shes diips into the es ies o1' the like ie elle pen8. These ashes, or any other preferred le will like y we `v absorbentmateriel will of Sousse be imp'eg- 11o eased with the crude oil,Wiiei'eiipon they i se we es a wick. The oil ist 'this poim'smey I z ynow be ignited, whereupon the numerous spreading plates will becomeheated, thereby causing the crude oil dripping 'thereon to be morereadily vaporized and more easily burnt. Particular emphasis is laidupon the fact that the oil is prevented from vaporizing until it isdisposed. upon some or" the spreader plates, this result beingaceomplished by so disposing said plates as to prevent the 'llame fromhuggingq the element l which as above stated is in the present case afeed pipe.

Vhen the burner is'to be extinguished the valve 3 is again closedthereby cutting off vthe supply of fuel, after which the .valve 5 ispreferably opened to allow the oil remaining in the element l and lowerend of the piped to be drained therefrom into any preferred receptacle(not shown). lBy so doing the numerous materials composing crude oil.are prevented from guinming in the pipes, thus preventing them fromclog-- ging.

From the foregoing' description,` taken in connection with theaccompanyingF drawings, it will be evident to those skilled in the artto which the' invention relates that although very simple andinexpensive oonstruction has been provided for reducing' ie invention toan operative device, the er will be extremely efficient in operation andwill burn crude oil to as great advantage as higher grades of oil haveheretofore been consumed.

Particular emphasis is laid upon the construction for allowing theentire burner 'to be disassembled, since by this means all parts thereofmay be easily cleaned when necessary, thus insuring that the bestresults he obtained. l

I claim: y

1. A crude oil burner comprising a refuse pan, an upright supportingelement'rising therefrom, a removable ituel andA iaine spreader spaced.above the and having an opening closely receiving the' aforesaidsupporting element, and a spacing sleeve .inmates loosely surrounding;the latter and disposed between the pan and the spreader.

2. A crude oil burner comprising a refuse pan, an upright supportingelement risin therefrom, a plurality of vertically spaced oil and fla-mespreading plates disposed.

above the refuse pan and having openings receiviiip; theaforesaidsnpporting element, a spacing sleeve surroundinp,` the lowerend of the supporting element and disposed between the lowermostspreading plate and the refuse pan, and additional spacing sleevessurrounding the upper and intermediate portions oit the supportingelement and interposed. between the remaining spread-ingA platesthereon.

3. A crude oil burner comprising a stop member in the form of aT-coupling, an upright supporting element rising thencifrom, a drainvalve depending from said coupling, a refuse pan having a centralopening to receive the supporting element and adapted to rest on theStop member, said pan also having anl upright spacing sleevesurrcnlndinp,r said opening and formed inl tegral with. its bottom, aplurality of spaced oil and llame spreading plates disposed above therefuse pan and having openings in testimony whereof I have hereunto setvmy hand inl presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.V

JOHN C. MCCLURE.

Witnesses: i

J. D. RAMSEY,

J. B. Rams.

